Willowbrook Debates Fee For White Goods

Willowbrook residents might have to pay to have that old refrigerator hauled off the curb if local scavenger services have their way, village officials said.

Although Illinois landfills are no longer accepting large appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and dishwashers-known as ``white goods``-

scavenger companies that serve the village are required to haul up to one large appliance from each household a week at no cost to homeowners.

But the landfill ban on white goods makes it more difficult to dispose of all the financially useless parts of the appliances, scavengers told village administrator Bernard Oglietti, and so they want to charge residents $20 each time they haul away an old appliance.

Trustees are expected to consider the scavengers` proposal next month.